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Deaf Accessibility in a Three-Day Instructional Skills Workshop: An Explorative Study
This study focused on the learning experience of a culturally Deaf person in a workshop milieu where training is short and intensive. The researcher is a culturally Deaf person who signs fluently and was raised in a Deaf ... -
Decision-Making in Agriculture: Why do Farmers Decide to Adopt a New Practice?
Current rates of environmental degradation demand changes to the way in which food is produced. Transforming agricultural production requires both the development and the adoption of new practices that facilitate high ... -
Deep Learning Concepts for Evolutionary Art
A deep convolutional neural network (CNN) trained on millions of images forms a very high-level abstract overview of any given target image. Our primary goal is to use this high-level content information of a given target ... -
Deindustrialization and Urban Regeneration: Nietzsche, Activism, and Organically Emergent Forms of Civic Engagement in Windsor/ Detroit
The deindustrialization of cities represents a moment of cultural and political weakness and insecurity about what it means to be urban. Specifically, within Windsor and Detroit the traditionally rooted modes of production ... -
Detecting spatial variation in hydrology and carbon export across a lake-rich permafrost landscape, Old Crow Flats, Yukon, Canada
Lake-rich permafrost landscapes are widespread across northern regions and provide refuge for abundant wildlife and resources for local communities. Evidence suggests that these landscapes are highly sensitive to changes ... -
Development of a Transcriptome-Based Genome Assembly Tool and Whole Genome Sequencing for Autism Spectrum Disorders
This thesis consisted of two independent projects. The first involved developing a software tool that uses transcriptome data to improve genome assemblies. The second involved processing and analyzing whole genome sequencing ... -
The Development of Reward Sensitivity- Exploring the Role of Culture and Parental Education on Adolescent Development
The period of adolescence is marked by increased levels of risk taking. One proposed reason for this developmental pattern is a rise during adolescence (relative to earlier and later periods) in the degree to which behaviors ... -
Displacement of One Stimulus Class Over Another Stimulus Class: A Systematic Replication
Previous researchers have found that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities tend to prefer edible over leisure stimuli and that leisure stimuli generally function as less effective reinforcers than ... -
A Domestic Geography of Money: How Mortgage Debt, Home Prices, and Toronto’s Condominiums “Prop up” the Canadian Economy
The most recent financialized redefinition of the home in Canada has arisen in response to the global financial crisis of 2008. The global financial crisis negatively impacted nations around the world, yet, in Canada the ... -
Don’t worry, be fulfilled: Exploring employee experience with leadership and fulfillment in the Major Games context
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between authentic leadership and workplace spirituality on the development of employees’ perceived workplace fulfillment in the Major Games context. Where Major Games ... -
Drafting Errors and Decision Making Theory in the NBA Draft
Even with the recent influx of available data with regards to draft-eligible players and NBA teams investing more resources into scouting than ever before, NBA decision makers still struggle to consistently evaluate talent ... -
Drivers and Barriers of Mobile Commerce: The Role of Consumers’ Personal Innovativeness
Mobile commerce (m-commerce) has experienced rapid growth in recent years, gaining importance in both academia and industry. However, extant literature has paid little attention to how m-commerce value is shaped, particularly ... -
Early Adolescents' Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Gender Representations in Video Games
This study investigated adolescents’ perception and attitudes towards gender representation in video game covers, and the degree to which these depictions may influence their notions on gender and identification. Seventeen ... -
The Effect of Brand Crowding on Brand Differentiation: The Moderating Effect of Product Knowledge
Brand differentiation is a commonly examined phenomenon in marketing. Among the many antecedents of brand differentiation, brand crowding has not been examined, especially in the context of the chocolate industry. This ... -
The effect of plyometric exercise on bone turnover markers and osteokines in younger and older women
The effect of a single-bout of plyometric exercise on markers of bone turnover and Wnt signalling-related osteokines was studied in 20 younger, pre-menopausal women (23.142.33 years) and 20 older, post-menopausal women ... -
The effect of postural threat on the scaling of anticipatory postural adjustments in healthy young adults
Earlier and larger anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs) are generated with increasingly destabilizing movements, such as pulling more forcefully onto a handle, to prevent a loss of balance. The purpose of this study ... -
The Effects of Acute Aerobic Exercise on Inflammatory Markers and Mood in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis and Spinal Cord Injury
The purpose of this study was to determine if acute exercise-induced reductions in pro-inflammatory cytokines contribute to exercise-induced improvements in mood in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) and multiple ... -
The Effects of Organizational Forms of Mutual Fund Management Company on Mutual Fund Performance
The organizational form of a company indicates whether it is publicly-traded or privately-held. The effects of the organizational forms on a company’s operations and performances have been well documented. However, because ... -
Effects of pelvic 3D-CRT versus IMRT radiation therapy on circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines in high risk Prostate Cancer patients
This study examined the effects of pelvic radiation therapy on the levels of circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines (cPIC) in high-risk prostate cancer patients, who received pelvic radiation therapy delivered either ... -
Effects of Rosemary Extract and Rosemary Extract Polyphenols on Skeletal Muscle Insulin Resistance
Skeletal muscle, a major target tissue of insulin, accounts for ~80% of postprandial glucose disposal and plays a significant role in the regulation of glucose homeostasis. Insulin increases muscle glucose uptake by ...